"Never let anyone try to tell you that, in order to be Orthodox, you must also be eastern. The West was fully Orthodox for a thousand years; and her venerable liturgy is far older than any of her heresies."- St. John Maximovitch

We had a nice hierarchical liturgy here in the Northwest at St Spiridon Cathedral in Seattle on Saturday 13 Dec -- combined St Herman of Alaska day with an ordination of a sub-deacon from our parish to a deacon! His Grace Bishop TIKHON was here -- I've only been in his diocese a short while but I really like him - such a warm person. Those hierarchical liturgies are long -- ours went about 3 hours - reminded me of Pascha!

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"Anything that is worth accomplishing cannot be accomplished in a lifetime." - the Holy Fathers